kirol

First attested in 1596 with the meaning "joy", borrowed from Old Spanish quirola. The term isn't attested again until the early twentieth century, when it was repurposed to its current meaning.

• IPA^(key): /kiɾol/ [ki.ɾol]

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• Rhymes: -iɾol, -ol
• Hyphenation: ki‧rol

kirol inan

1. sport
2. (obsolete) joy, jubilation
   • 1596, Joseba Lakarra, editor, Refranes y sentencias [Sayings and sentences] (Euskararen Lekukoak; 19)‎^[1], Bilbao: Eusklatzaindia, published 1996, →ISBN, page 268:

     Gorhua garrian, ta gogoa quirolan.

     [Gorua garrian, ta gogoa kirolan.]

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• “kirol”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “kirol”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

• IPA^(key): /qiɾol/ [qɪ.ɾʊl]
• Hyphenation: ki‧rol

kirol

1. thunder

   Synonym: ked-ol

   kirol tan kilat ― thunder and lightning

kirol

1. thunder